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Orange County deputies Wednesday were investigating a shooting in Pine Hills that left two people injured, one critically. Both men were hospitalized after the shooting about 4 p.m. on Corliss Drive, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said. Investigators were trying to determine a motive. Anyone with information can call Crimeline, 800-423-8477. sjacobson@tribune.com or 407-540-5981

Jonathan Crain had just driven 1,500 miles and was lugging heavy furniture up five flights of stairs when he developed a true appreciation for his moving-company workers. Since that day in 2007, shortly after he bought a Two Men and A Truck franchise in Polk County, Crain has concentrated on running the business rather than doing the literal heavy lifting. In September, he plans to open a second franchise in Osceola County. Crain also owns the rights to the Two Men and A Truck franchise in Highlands County.

Two men were arrested this week on suspicion of burglarizing 16 vehicles in Ocoee. The burglaries happened in the early-morning hours Wednesday. Money, phone charges, an iPhone, an iPad, wallets and clothes were stolen from cars, most of them unlocked, police said. Shawn Payton, 39, and Sherman Anthony West, 54, were arrested early Thursday when police were investigating a report of a vehicle burglary in progress in the Coventry subdivision, officers said. They were jailed on numerous charges of burglary of a conveyance, grand theft and petty theft.

Orange County deputies have identified the two men who were shot to death Friday at a home in an equestrian community as Juan Caban-Serrano, 39, and Alexander Arana, 36. Edwin Vazquez, also was shot, but should survive his injuries, deputies said. Orange County property records say Vazquez owned the property. The three suspects, who are still at large, may have used a four-door black Kia, deputies said. Deputies were called around 8 p.m. to a home on Bancroft Boulevard and found the men shot.

TAVARES — Two men were injured at a medical-building construction site Wednesday night when trusses collapsed on them, a Tavares police spokesman said today. The identities of the men weren't immediately available, but police Lt. Jason Paynter said they were probably in their 20s. Charles Johnson, assistant chief for Lake EMS, said the two fell from 25 to 35 feet. One fell on his head and was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center. At the time, he was conscious and breathing.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the robbery of a cab driver in Orlando earlier this month. The first suspect, Christian Davila, was arrested shortly after the March 17 robbery, police said today. The second suspect, Francesco Perez, was arrested after police released security footage from the cab to the media. An OPD officer identified the suspect as Perez, police said today. He was arrested March 24 at the Tour-O-Tel Motel on Givens Street. That's the same hotel where the cab driver picked up two men before the March 17 robbery.

Two men were shot and killed in east Orange County after leaving a lounge early Sunday morning, deputies said. A witness flagged down an Orange County deputy sheriff at about 5 a.m. near the intersection of East Colonial Drive and Wingo Street, not far from Semoran Boulevard. The deputy found Elijah Heller, 34, and Stephen Szorcsik, 30, in a black Dodge Magnum, one in the front seat and the other in the back. Both had been shot and were unresponsive. They were pronounced dead at the scene by an Orange County Fire-Rescue crew who responded.

Two men were hospitalized after a shootout in the Plaza at Millenia apartments in Orange County about 6 p.m. Deputies say the two men were the only ones injured but bullets damaged several apartments in the complex. Paramedics rushed a 29-year-old victim to Orlando Regional Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds. Family members of a 19-year-old victim took him to the hospital. He was shot several times as well. Deputies say both men are now in stable condition but are not being cooperative.

Two men in their late teens were arrested Saturday after they robbed one taxi driver at gunpoint and carjacked another, Kissimmee police said. The first driver said he picked up two fares at the Osceola Square Mall a little before 1 a.m. and drove them to Sand Run Road in a residential neighborhood east of Michigan Avenue and north of U.S. Highway 192. When he stopped the cab, the passengers attacked him from behind and one robbed him at...

MOUNT DORA — When two men entered the Gold In Art Jewelers store Friday morning holding handguns and masks pulled over their faces, Karen Hauser thought it was her nephew pulling a prank. "At first I thought it was a joke," said Hauser, an employee at the store. "I certainly never expected anybody flashing guns. It was broad daylight outside." But Hauser quickly realized the situation was serious when the two men — covered head to toe — ordered her, four customers and three other employees, including Hauser's siblings, to the floor at the center of the main showroom at about 10:15 a.m. The men proceeded to grab various jewelry and confiscated at least one cellphone, Hauser said.

LEESBURG - A 22-year-old man was shot and robbed Wednesday night at Berry Park. Jeremy Harrison told police he was sitting in a vehicle at the park when two men struck him with a pistol and shot him in the right forearm, according to police Capt. Rob Hicks. He had visible injuries to his head and face. The suspects took Harrison's shorts, wallet and shoes. He was able to drive to a residence on Tuskegee Street where a resident called police, Hicks said. Police were not able to locate the suspects.

LEESBURG - In a restaurant parking lot, two middle-aged men sat in a parked Ford Explorer this week for an hour with temperatures rising to 85 degrees, a few beads of sweat rolling down their flushed faces. Jerry Smith, executive director of Lake EMS and tire-shop owner Ralph Smith, no relation, wanted to re-enact what it feels like when children and older adults are left in cars unsupervised on the heels of incidents of kids suffering and sometimes dying from being left alone in hot cars.

Be careful about the people you meet online. That's solid advice following Tuesday's arrest of two men who allegedly beat and robbed a 54-year-old man on July 12 at an International Drive hotel. According to Orange County deputies, the man thought he was meeting a woman he met on the website backpage.com, but when he knocked on the door at the Orlando Metropolitan Resort, he was greeted by two men. Damien Macintosh and Dante Strickland let the victim into the hotel room and attacked him, stealing his wallet and iPhone, deputies said.

TAVARES — Two men were injured at a medical-building construction site Wednesday night when trusses collapsed on them, a Tavares police spokesman said today. The identities of the men weren't immediately available, but police Lt. Jason Paynter said they were probably in their 20s. Charles Johnson, assistant chief for Lake EMS, said the two fell from 25 to 35 feet. One fell on his head and was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center. At the time, he was conscious and breathing.

For the second time this week, a law enforcement helicopter in Central Florida was flashed at night with the blinding light of a laser. The latest incident happened early Wednesday in east Orlando when a sheriff's pilot reported someone in a car on Colonial Drive had been aiming a green laser beam at the helicopter's windshield, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. The pilot broadcast the location of the car, which had stopped about 3 a.m. for a red light near Bridgeway Boulevard.

Casselberry police on Wednesday said they identified two men suspected of stealing more than a dozen lizards and snakes during a burglary of a pet store last week. Juan Raul Moreno-Hernandez was arrested and booked into the Seminole County Jail, police said. The second suspect, Jerry Ismael Avila, remains wanted. Police said the theft at Pet Bazaar was discovered Saturday when an employee arrived for work and found a window broken. Surveillance video caught two men — later identified as Moreno-Hernandez and Avila — embarking on a 15-minute shopping spree.

Two men, dressed in dark clothing, walked into the Homewood Suites near Universal Studios and robbed one of the employees, Orlando Police reported. The men got away in a black sedan, police said. The employee was not hurt. Authorities said there is a possible surveillance video of the incident, but they have not received the footage yet. The incident happened around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 5800 block of American Way. The duo approached an Homewood Suites employee and pointed a gun at them, Orlando Police Lt. Allyson Skiles said.

LADY LAKE - Two men are behind bars after authorities said they were making meth in a Ford Bronco. Summerfield resident Denis Campbell, 60, and 58-year-old William Verticelli, who lives in the mega Villages retirement community, face charges for trafficking and manufacturing methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. They both were booked into the Lake County Jail with bonds set at $150,500. The men were leaving a Walgreens drugstore parking lot and heading south on Rolling Acres Road around midnight Sept.

A man charged with both killings outside Tito's Lounge told detectives he shot Elijah Heller and Steven Szorcsik to keep them from protecting his primary target — an informant who sent him to prison, according to Orange County court records. Johan Quinones described how he walked up to a vehicle parked outside the hookah bar on East Colonial Drive about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, stood an arm's distance away and opened fire. "Quinones said he was motivated by revenge, saying he believed Ray Henderson sent him to prison in 2007," the report stated.

Two men were shot and killed in east Orange County after leaving a lounge early Sunday morning, deputies said. A witness flagged down an Orange County deputy sheriff at about 5 a.m. near the intersection of East Colonial Drive and Wingo Street, not far from Semoran Boulevard. The deputy found Elijah Heller, 34, and Stephen Szorcsik, 30, in a black Dodge Magnum, one in the front seat and the other in the back. Both had been shot and were unresponsive. They were pronounced dead at the scene by an Orange County Fire-Rescue crew who responded.